Fire destroys Commonwealth Clubhouse amid Boston area blaze
Firefighters from Belmont Watertown Waltham Cambridge and Newton battled a major blaze at the Commonwealth Motor and Driving Club in Watertown. A ladder collapse killed Callman James Murphy and sent local officials scrambling as horses darted the Newton engine scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Newton
Belmont
Colonial Club
Oakley Country Club
Watertown
John F. Leonard
Orrin Hatch
Whenton
Randlett
Waltham
Locke
Cambridge
James M. Casey
Woman Burns to Death at Medford Home Discovery
William J Gardner proprietor of a Park Street Medford hardware store forced entry into his home and found the charred remains of his mother Mrs Emily Gardner 72. He initially believed a murder had occurred and identified the body by bits of dress after turning on the gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Gardner
Park Street
Medford
Emily Gardner
Gardner
Firemen Save Girls After Mattress Factory Explosion
Edward Fairweather of 7 Spring avenue Revere sustained life threatening burns when an explosion at G. W. Sammett & Co. mattress factory on Atlantic and Eastern avenues sparked a blaze. Firemen rescued several young women using ladders and stairs, with one woman nearly jumping from a window before rescuers arrived. The blaze caused about 2000 in damage, insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Fairweather
Spring Avenue
Revere
G. W. Sammett & Co
Atlantic Avenue
Eastern Avenue
Fairweather
John Boardman
Fort Revere
Angelo Sousi
Patrick Buckley
Company 1
Daniel Dacy
Ladder No. 1
Sammett Company
Pinex and Sugar Syrup Cough Remedy Promo Card
A home prepared cough syrup promises fast relief for coughs within a day using a pint of granulated sugar mixed with warm water, then adding Pinex and sugar syrup. The blend allegedly soothes inflamed membranes and stimulates appetite, with a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
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United States
Canada
The
Pinex Co
Ft Wayne
Ind
Chilton Club Burns in Sudden Fire at Commonwealth Ave
A blaze gutted the Chilton Club at 152 Commonwealth avenue last night delaying its move to a new home. Firefighters contained the flames to the Dartmouth street side with minimal damage to the main lower floor, while the top stories remained mostly unfinished and the total damage estimated at 2500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chilton Club
Commonwealth Avenue
New England
Women’s College Club
Dartmouth Street
Fire wagon overturns injuring three Dorchester firemen
A chemical wagon overturned at Callender and Carlos streets in Dorchester injuring driver William F. Marquardt and two firemen from the rear. Horses slipped on a crosswalk causing the run away, one horse broke a leg and was shot. A grass fire behind Roger Wolcott School sparked the alert.
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Callender
Carlos Streets
Dorchester
William F. Marquardt
Dracut Street
Ashmont
James J. Lunny
Willow Street
J. B. Nolan
Selden Street
Centre Streets
Melville Avenue
Joe Hooker
Roger Wolcott
Baby's Cries Spur Rescue in Lynn House Fire
A 10 month old woke Evana Wenosky at 106 River Street as flames filled the home. Ferdinand Wenosky saved the baby and, later, his four year old son. The wife and another child escaped. Edward Deiscoll aided Sarah Driscoll down 20 feet by two knotted sheets before jumping to safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrr. McPeak
Clubhhouse
Belmont Street
James Murphy
Watertown
Pleasnt Street
Lynn
Jan. l
Evana Wenosky
River Street
Ferdinand
Wuden
Wonosky
Edward Deiscoll
Sarah Driscoll
Driscoll
Townsmen Honor Draper at Milford Dinner
Ex-Governor Eben S. Draper spoke at a Milford and Hopedale dinner praising his public career and welcoming private life. He said he had no regrets, would not have avoided the offices, and felt honest pride in serving Massachusetts.
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Milford
Eben S. Draper
Hopedale
Massachusetts
Lyric Glee Club
Draper
100 Girls Flee Factory Fire Milestone Event
A Milford factory dinner attended by over 300 and 100 women featured remarks by Eben Bancroft and Queenie Sandford. The same day a five story Aldrich Clisbee candy factory fire on Portland Street caused $5000 in damage and briefly threatened the adjacent Diamond Match plant and Hotel Napoli. fire crews from Mullen and Fox contained the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aldrich- Clisbee Company
Portland Street
Atlantic Avenue
Mullen
Fox
Friend Street
Elizabeth Bailey
Samuel C. Bennett
Tremont Street
Napoli
Slashes son and kills himself in Worcester tragedy
Eric B. Peterson, a laborer, in a violent spree tried to slash his wife and four children with a razor in Worcester on January 11. He failed to kill all, then slit his own throat. One eight year old boy was scratched but not seriously hurt. Peterson had been despondent since Christmas due to ill health.
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Worcester
Eric B. Peterson
Peterson
Daily Fire Record From 2 A M To 2 A M
The log lists 20 incidents from 2 25 a m to 1 53 a m including box numbers and locations such as Cambridge street New England Coal and Coke Co Dorchester Roxbury and South Boston. Losses range up to 15000 at 4 36 p m and 3000 at Chilton Club with multiple grass fires bonfires and rubbish fires reported. The entries name parties like Neil F Doherty Alden Larkin Etta Wolfe G W Sammett Co Alfred etc and note addresses in Dorchester Roxbury Dorchester West Roxbury East Boston Roslindale and Charlston area.
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Cambridge Street
Neil. F. Doherty
Washington Street
New England Coal & Coke Coe
Alden Larkin
B Street
South
Boston
Joseph Dorman
Kremont Street
Roxbury
Adams Street
Dorchester
Ashland Street
Auburn Street
Etta Wolfe
Atlantic Avenue
G. W. Sammett & Son Co
Portland Street
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
Boston Street
Norfolk Street
Neponset Avenue
Roslindale
Commonwealth Avenue
Chilton Club
Court Street
Alphonso Dubois
Pearl Street
Buckley and
Bruce
Elevator boy helps avert panic in factory fire
Leslie McLean, an elevator operator, prevented a wider panic as a five story factory on Portland Street caught fire. Manager Charles A. Simpson valued stock at about 15000 dollars as a likely total loss due to fire smoke and water. Firefighters and Ladder 1 members aided in evacuating workers while engineer John Anderson rang alarm Box 709.
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Leslie McLean
Charles A. Simpson
Portland Street
Simpson
Henry Kelley
Ladder 1
Samuel Pope
State Street
Pope
Charlestown
John Anderson
Candy Company
Knights of Labor Restore Boston Assembly Officers
General Master Workman Thomas H. Canning and Secretary-Treasurer P. J. Mc Carthy installed the officers elected by Boston and Maine Railroad Freight Clerks Assembly 1793 and reinstated the assembly in the old district body.
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Thomas H. Canning
The
Knights of Labor
P. J. McCarthy
K. of L
Boston & Maine Railroad
Warns of Kidney Health and Kilmer Swamp Root
The piece stresses kidney health's impact on overall illness and cites Bright's disease death figures in New York 1909. It promotes Dr Kilmer Swamps Root as an effective remedy for kidneys liver and bladder, offering a free sample on request and noting bottles sold by druggists at 50 cents and one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
New York
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Rib Roast Beef Very Best and Fresh Pork 12 Hind Quarters
Fragmentary grocery listing notes rib roast beef labeled very best and pork shoulders described fresh or corned with reference to hind quarters and lamb items.
Obituaries and Funeral Notices from Boston Area
A list of funeral notices and obituaries from Boston and surrounding areas dated Jan 11. Entries name Francis Bryant, Charles Coutreau, Philip Daley, Martha Dowse, Charles Field, Margaret Fitzpatrick, Francis Gerraugh ty, John Hughes, Fredrick Lindquist, William Littlefield, Frances Mace, Patrick McCabe, Charles McCarthy, Rachael Merritt, Jacob Metzger, Mary Needham, Dr Hitelary Sweeney, Levi Shaw, John Toomey. Each entry provides residence, kin, and funeral details or mass times.
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Tusset Wedge
N. S
Daley
Winthrop
Philip
Ellen Jd. Daley
Shirley
Dowse
Martha E. Dowse
Brunswick Hotel
Field
South Boston
Charles
Hannah Field
John E. Nolen
Broadway
Mt. Hope
Fitzpatrick
Margaret
Jeremiah Fitzpatrick
Keohane
West Lenox Street
St. Phillip’s Church
Hughps
Watertown
John Joseph
John J. Hughes
Walnut Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Lindquist
Dorchester
Fredrick B
W. Lindquist
Ann McCabe
John McCabe
Vine Avenue
Vine Street
St. Paul's Cemetery
Arlington
P. BH
Agnes Hoey
Susan McCarthy
Carton
Athens
Boston
Mberritt
Somerville
Rachael BR. Merritt
Webster Avenue
West Medway
Mass
Metzger
Jacob
Conrad and
Salome Metzger
J. P. Cleary & Son
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Needham
Chelsea
Mary
Frank Needham
J. Patterson
Tudor Street
Sweeney
Hitelary P
Kathleen M. Sweeney
Delaney
Collins Street
Orient Heights
Star of the Sea Church
Winthrop Council
Lea Court No
Shaw
Levi Woodbury Shaw
Forest Hills Chapel
Forest Hills Square
Toomey
East Cambridge
Johm
Mary Tooms
Se Street
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Fay
Greater
Murphy
Newton
River J. Frank Cotton
Galen and
Pearl Streets
Cotton
Commonwealth Motor and Driving Club
School Street
Adams Estate
Ralph Warner
Bay State Driving Club
McPeak
John Wheeler
George Black
Black
Etta Wolf
Joseph Wolf
Joseph
Son
Brooklyn
Newark
Phila
Col
Washington St. and
Temple Place
Importers’ Outlet CO
Essex ST
Tunnel Station
Essex
Elm &St
Hanover
Greater Boston
Revere Refinery
Chilton Club Burns
Suffragette Organization
Emma Gonit
Lillian Massa
Ida Massa
Nickerson
Nickerson the Haberdasher
K. of L. Assembly
Vogel & Co
Eles
Hanover Street
Stark Supply CO
Washington St
Tel. Rox